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Fans of the Calgary Hitmen will remember Landon Welykholowa for bursting onto the scene with four goals in five playoff games last year. Astute Hitmen supporters may even recall that Welykholowa led Calgary in pre-season scoring with three goals and four assists in five games. Heading into the regular season, the five-foot-eight, 182-pound forward seemed […]

Tim Hunter would have liked nothing more than to win his Western Hockey League coaching debut at the Scotiabank Saddledome last Friday. Unfortunately for Hunter, his Moose Jaw Warriors were unable to build upon 1-0 and 2-1 leads and ultimately suffered a 5-2 setback to the Calgary Hitmen. “We just stubbed our toe in the […]

Trimmed neatly in marble and granite, surrounded by palm trees, this building is welcoming, not threatening. Other rinks have signs forbidding guns and knives. This venue? Once upon a time, visitors to the press box were greeted by this edict: “No cut-offs. No flip-flops.” So hardly a gritty joint — unless you include beach sand. Mere minutes to the west? The Happiest […]

The first goal, well, the celebration said it all for Curtis Glencross, who snapped an eight game drought. His second one of Saturday night’s 5-4 shootout victory over the New Jersey Devils was very much the same — only the timing of that one was a little more exciting for everyone. With exactly five seconds […]

Outside the city limits, they continue to be regarded as some form of hallucination. A trick of the light, perhaps. A mirage, more likely. Rub your eyes hard enough, long enough, and the verdant oasis will be exposed as barren wasteland. Nothing more, surely, than a confounding, can’t-last curio. One of those pinch-me early-season surprises — and […]

Roughly 72 hours before the opening credits were set to roll what on promises to be a sprawling, gripping entertainment film buffs commonly refer to as an “epic,” Josh Bell was channelling his inner cineaste.

Talking about her two Olympic gold medals doesn’t ever get old for Rebecca Johnston. The Calgary Inferno forward helped Canada win women’s hockey gold in both of the last two Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia this past February and in Vancouver four years earlier.

The Calgary Flames, nearing the quarter pole of the 2014-15 National Hockey League season, have been masters of the third period and establishing themselves as late comeback specialists. Unfortunately on Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Scotiabank Saddledome, their magic ran out.

Sometimes, the most logical choice is the best one. The Calgary Hitmen took that route, striking a deal with the Victoria Royals and acquiring Keegan Kanzig, a simple, puck-moving defenceman on Wednesday night, finding value for disgruntled forward Greg Chase and also adding a second-round pick in 2016.

Huddled in their own bunker, only paces away from the dressing room, the coaches were listening. Not eavesdropping, exactly. Because it had been evident what was going on during Tuesday’s second intermission, what with the Calgary Flames down 2-0 and stuck in neutral. “You could hear the leaders in there,” says coach Bob Hartley. “You could hear that there were real […]

Finns, by nature, are typically on the quieter side — reserved and, for the most part, keep to themselves in a National Hockey League dressing room. For an example, look no further than Calgary Flame Markus Granlund.

His description was a tad vague — “a few bucks.” He didn’t even say who was getting it — although typically it goes to the author of the game-winning tally. But one thing was definite. Jonas Hiller did not mind shelling out. Having to dig deep? No problem. It’s a tradition — players putting up a stake in their […]

He doesn’t envision a post-career life at the typewriter. So a tell-all book? A bestseller? Not in the works. “Probably,” says Jonas Hiller, chuckling, “nobody wants to buy it anyways.” However, retired teammate Teemu Selanne did put together an authorized biography in which he takes strongly worded swipes at Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau.

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